First excursion

We just left the Inti Sun museum, which is where the ecuator passes through. It has a lot of information on the original indian culture and on the sun.

Dale trying his hand at a blowgun

Handheld GPS on the ecuator

It also has some very cool experiments about what happens on the ecuator. The centrifugal forces meet at the ecuator and cancel each other out and makes interesting things happen. For instance, water drains differently on the ecuator versus in the northern and southern hemisphere. I will try to post video of it later.

The first video shows water draining right on the ecuator - notice that there is no spin for the water.

The second video shows the water draining in the southern hemisphere. Note the direction of the water draining.

The third video shows the water draining in the northern hemisphere. Note the direction of the water draining.

It also affects your strength. The tour guides did experiments where they pull pur hands down and fingers apart off the ecuator-and they struggle to do so. However, on the ecuator, it is very easy to do so. I will post video if I can.

This video is of our tour guide performing the strength experiments on Eric and how it affects your strength on the ecuator.

Lastly, the two forces make your equilibrium act strange. We have great video of people trying to walk a straight line with their eyes closed. It is shown below. The end shows Mell walking the same way not on the ecuator.

We are now headed to lunch and to two indian markets for shopping.
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